Chapter 5
"Good morning, Miss Shirley." Dorothy called and opened the curtains. Dorothy was a nice, young nurse, with blond hair and a pretty face. "Good morning, Dorothy." Slowly, Anne sits up in the bed. "Have you slept well, Miss Shirley?" Anne nodded: "I had a wonderful dream." "Will you tell it me?" Since Anne was here, Dorothy listens with devotion to all her stories and dreams. She sat down on her bed and looked expectant to Anne. "I have only dreamed that I getting publishing a book of mine." "You are right, what a wonderful dream. I'm sure you getting famous one day, Miss Shirley." Dorothy begun to stroke even the coverlet and pour on the pillows. "I don't know, Dorothy. I think you need more for a book, as only a nice story." "You can do it. I know it. By the way, Dr. Blythe said that you be allowed to get up, today. But, he comes later to speak with you." "Oh, I still look forward it. Of course, I mean that. that I may get up." Anne stammered suddenly. She had fear Dorothy could misunderstand it. Dorothy smiled wide, as she noticed her embarrassment: "Many patients and nurses, like Dr. Blythe. And how could they not? He is nice and handsome." Dorothy winked to her. "No, Dorothy, you don't believe that I.. I." Anne stammered. "Miss Shirley, I only wants say, Dr. Blythe care especially about you. I know he cares well about every patient. He is really a good doctor. But, it is somehow striking, how much he cares about you. I think, he really likes you." Anne's cheeks blushing by her remark: "Dorothy!" But Dorothy gives only a sign of refusal.
Proper, Gilbert would come to her at the afternoon, but instead of, Dorothy entered the room and she holds some crutches in the hands. "I'm sorry Miss Shirley, Dr. blithe have an emergency. But, he said, you may get up, nevertheless. I will help you." Sitting on the bed, Dorothy helped Anne to dress her bathrobe, than she reached her the crutches. "It isn't so difficult to walk with them. But after the long confinement to bed, you can feel dizzy. Thus stand up slowly and if it is too much, better sat down again." She ordered and standing in front of Anne, ready to catch her at any time. Slowly, Anne gets up and actually she felt a little bit dizzy. She needs one moment until her circulation was better. "Are you all right?" Dorothy asked worried. Anne nodded and leaned on the crutches. Than she walked slowly, with Dorothy on her side, through the room. "You make it good, Miss Shirley. We could walk down the corridor, if you can." Anne was happy to leave the boring room for a while. Finally they stand on the end of the corridor and looked outside the window. It was the first time that Anne saw the park from another side. Now, she could see the small pretty birch wood, from which Dr. Blythe had spoken. Two chairs stand next to the window and Dorothy let her sat down. "You need a little rest and than we go back. We shouldn't overtake it on the first day." "Dorothy!" Martha Camps voice echoed from another room. "I need your help." "Coming, Mrs. Camps." Dorothy called back. "Please stay here; I'm back soon, Miss Shirley."
Anne looked to the window and saw down to the park. But from this point she could see less, than before. If, she could stand at the other end of the window, she could survey nearly the whole park. The walking with the crutches was doing well, so Anne thought she could do it to walk alone to the other side. Finally it was only few meters. She stands up from the chair and leaned on the crutches. As a matter of fact, she did it. Contented the looked down to the park. But suddenly, she felt the dizziness again.
Now, the chair wasn't nearly to her, she couldn't sat down. She closed her eyes and hoped the dizziness would get better. But it seems that it was getting worse. She felt, how everything starts to spinning round her and as the floor coming nearer to her. As she thought she fall in a deep darkness, suddenly two strong arms hold her. "Miss Shirley, you shouldn't yet walk alone." She heard Dr. Blythe`s pleasant voice and opened her eyes. The dizziness diminishes. "I felt only dizzy." She explained and tried to stand upright, again. But she starts this trial so jerky and hasty that she looses her balance. Gilbert catched her, however and holds her in his arms. Anne's heart beat wildly in her chest. The situation was odd, but it was nice to be so near at him, too. Gilbert felt the same, he hold her longer as necessary in his arms. Finally he be aware of the situation and sat her down on the chair. "Feel you better, now?" He asked concerned and feel her pulse. Anne was frightened that he could feel her wild heart beating. "I'm sorry, it was my fault. Sometimes, I'm too stubborn." She tried to explain. "Miss Shirley!" Dorothy came running to her. "I helped only shortly Nurse Martha. What is happened? "She asked excited. "It is all right, Dorothy. Nothing to be worried. She felt only a little bit dizzy." Gilbert calm down the nurse. He didn`t say that Anne was stood up alone, and Anne smiled thankful to him.
"Gilbert, I still search after you everywhere." A clear voice said. It came from a young woman. The three persons turned wondering to her. Christine standing there in an elegance coat. "Where were you all the time?" She asked impatient. She didn't pay attention to Dorothy and Anne. Anne noticed immediately how pretty the woman was. She had dark hair and a spotless face, without any freckles. She was tall and slender, but her figure wasn't so tender, as Anne's. It seems she would tend to thickness one day. "Since two weeks I haven't heard anything from you." She laments and looked reproachful to Gilbert. "I'm busy Christine." Gilbert dislike it that she speak in such a tone with him. Finally he was at work. "For the rest, this is Miss Shirley. Miss Shirley this is Miss Stuart." Gilbert tried to save the situation a bit. Anne nodded friendly to Christine. "I'm the daughter from Dr. Stuart." Christine explained with an arrogant voice. "Oh, I'm pleased. Your father is a very nice doctor." Anne tried to be polite, although she don't like Christine's kind, very much. "Yes, I know. When can I speak with you private, Gil?" Christine ignored Anne's trial to start a talk, very impolite. "At my lunch time, if I have time." Gilbert replied in the same impolite tone. "Well, I will wait in your office. Good-bye, Miss.. How was your name?" "Shirley, Miss Shirley." Anne answered and tried to sound even so arrogant, as Christine. "Ah...yes, of course, Miss Shirley." Christine turned abrupt and swept away. "I'm sorry, Miss Shirley. I will apologize for her behaviour." Gilbert smiled. "We better bring you back to your room, now. This all is a little bit too much for the first time." Together with Dorothy he brought Anne back to her room. Anne ponders the rest of the day about Christine Stuart. In which related to Christine was Dr. Blythe? "Am I jealous?" Anne asked herself.
"Good morning, Miss Shirley." Dorothy called and opened the curtains. Dorothy was a nice, young nurse, with blond hair and a pretty face. "Good morning, Dorothy." Slowly, Anne sits up in the bed. "Have you slept well, Miss Shirley?" Anne nodded: "I had a wonderful dream." "Will you tell it me?" Since Anne was here, Dorothy listens with devotion to all her stories and dreams. She sat down on her bed and looked expectant to Anne. "I have only dreamed that I getting publishing a book of mine." "You are right, what a wonderful dream. I'm sure you getting famous one day, Miss Shirley." Dorothy begun to stroke even the coverlet and pour on the pillows. "I don't know, Dorothy. I think you need more for a book, as only a nice story." "You can do it. I know it. By the way, Dr. Blythe said that you be allowed to get up, today. But, he comes later to speak with you." "Oh, I still look forward it. Of course, I mean that. that I may get up." Anne stammered suddenly. She had fear Dorothy could misunderstand it. Dorothy smiled wide, as she noticed her embarrassment: "Many patients and nurses, like Dr. Blythe. And how could they not? He is nice and handsome." Dorothy winked to her. "No, Dorothy, you don't believe that I.. I." Anne stammered. "Miss Shirley, I only wants say, Dr. Blythe care especially about you. I know he cares well about every patient. He is really a good doctor. But, it is somehow striking, how much he cares about you. I think, he really likes you." Anne's cheeks blushing by her remark: "Dorothy!" But Dorothy gives only a sign of refusal.
Proper, Gilbert would come to her at the afternoon, but instead of, Dorothy entered the room and she holds some crutches in the hands. "I'm sorry Miss Shirley, Dr. blithe have an emergency. But, he said, you may get up, nevertheless. I will help you." Sitting on the bed, Dorothy helped Anne to dress her bathrobe, than she reached her the crutches. "It isn't so difficult to walk with them. But after the long confinement to bed, you can feel dizzy. Thus stand up slowly and if it is too much, better sat down again." She ordered and standing in front of Anne, ready to catch her at any time. Slowly, Anne gets up and actually she felt a little bit dizzy. She needs one moment until her circulation was better. "Are you all right?" Dorothy asked worried. Anne nodded and leaned on the crutches. Than she walked slowly, with Dorothy on her side, through the room. "You make it good, Miss Shirley. We could walk down the corridor, if you can." Anne was happy to leave the boring room for a while. Finally they stand on the end of the corridor and looked outside the window. It was the first time that Anne saw the park from another side. Now, she could see the small pretty birch wood, from which Dr. Blythe had spoken. Two chairs stand next to the window and Dorothy let her sat down. "You need a little rest and than we go back. We shouldn't overtake it on the first day." "Dorothy!" Martha Camps voice echoed from another room. "I need your help." "Coming, Mrs. Camps." Dorothy called back. "Please stay here; I'm back soon, Miss Shirley."
Anne looked to the window and saw down to the park. But from this point she could see less, than before. If, she could stand at the other end of the window, she could survey nearly the whole park. The walking with the crutches was doing well, so Anne thought she could do it to walk alone to the other side. Finally it was only few meters. She stands up from the chair and leaned on the crutches. As a matter of fact, she did it. Contented the looked down to the park. But suddenly, she felt the dizziness again.
Now, the chair wasn't nearly to her, she couldn't sat down. She closed her eyes and hoped the dizziness would get better. But it seems that it was getting worse. She felt, how everything starts to spinning round her and as the floor coming nearer to her. As she thought she fall in a deep darkness, suddenly two strong arms hold her. "Miss Shirley, you shouldn't yet walk alone." She heard Dr. Blythe`s pleasant voice and opened her eyes. The dizziness diminishes. "I felt only dizzy." She explained and tried to stand upright, again. But she starts this trial so jerky and hasty that she looses her balance. Gilbert catched her, however and holds her in his arms. Anne's heart beat wildly in her chest. The situation was odd, but it was nice to be so near at him, too. Gilbert felt the same, he hold her longer as necessary in his arms. Finally he be aware of the situation and sat her down on the chair. "Feel you better, now?" He asked concerned and feel her pulse. Anne was frightened that he could feel her wild heart beating. "I'm sorry, it was my fault. Sometimes, I'm too stubborn." She tried to explain. "Miss Shirley!" Dorothy came running to her. "I helped only shortly Nurse Martha. What is happened? "She asked excited. "It is all right, Dorothy. Nothing to be worried. She felt only a little bit dizzy." Gilbert calm down the nurse. He didn`t say that Anne was stood up alone, and Anne smiled thankful to him.
"Gilbert, I still search after you everywhere." A clear voice said. It came from a young woman. The three persons turned wondering to her. Christine standing there in an elegance coat. "Where were you all the time?" She asked impatient. She didn't pay attention to Dorothy and Anne. Anne noticed immediately how pretty the woman was. She had dark hair and a spotless face, without any freckles. She was tall and slender, but her figure wasn't so tender, as Anne's. It seems she would tend to thickness one day. "Since two weeks I haven't heard anything from you." She laments and looked reproachful to Gilbert. "I'm busy Christine." Gilbert dislike it that she speak in such a tone with him. Finally he was at work. "For the rest, this is Miss Shirley. Miss Shirley this is Miss Stuart." Gilbert tried to save the situation a bit. Anne nodded friendly to Christine. "I'm the daughter from Dr. Stuart." Christine explained with an arrogant voice. "Oh, I'm pleased. Your father is a very nice doctor." Anne tried to be polite, although she don't like Christine's kind, very much. "Yes, I know. When can I speak with you private, Gil?" Christine ignored Anne's trial to start a talk, very impolite. "At my lunch time, if I have time." Gilbert replied in the same impolite tone. "Well, I will wait in your office. Good-bye, Miss.. How was your name?" "Shirley, Miss Shirley." Anne answered and tried to sound even so arrogant, as Christine. "Ah...yes, of course, Miss Shirley." Christine turned abrupt and swept away. "I'm sorry, Miss Shirley. I will apologize for her behaviour." Gilbert smiled. "We better bring you back to your room, now. This all is a little bit too much for the first time." Together with Dorothy he brought Anne back to her room. Anne ponders the rest of the day about Christine Stuart. In which related to Christine was Dr. Blythe? "Am I jealous?" Anne asked herself.
